House Republicans have reached a tentative deal to avert a partial government shutdown that involves more or less breaking up the proposal that failed to pass Thursday night into separate bills.
The American Relief Act went down in a vote of 235 to 174, with 38 Republicans voting against it and just two Democrats voting for it.
The legislation had been the 116-page replacement to the 1,500-page bill that never even made it to a vote after several Republicans, the DOGE co-chairs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and eventually President-elect Donald Trump came out against it.
One could tell Trump, who supports House Speaker Mike Johnson, was trying to give him some room to maneuver out of the mess.
Keep in mind, Johnson has to
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